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Dandelions

Dandelions

Dandelions Kurt sat cold at the end of his driveway, a bowl of sugary offerings for the children settled in his lap. He treasured Halloween, but the festivity was winding down. Night had completely fallen. Most of the children and parents had come and gone. Parents with children dressed as pirates and superheroes and princesses, […]

Escalade Dreams

Escalade Dreams

Escalade Dreams I’m intrigued by certain correlations. Sometimes I’m struck by bits of information and try to fit them together like pieces of a puzzle. The human puzzle, I guess you could (pretentiously) say. One of these bits is the obsession with the Cadillac Escalade. Heck, I probably shouldn’t care. There’s better things to think […]

The Gamble

The Gamble

The Gamble Fitzi went all in on four Queens/8 high. Jimmy beat him with a straight flush of hearts. He raked Fitzi’s chips into his pile. “You buying back in?” Jimmy asked. Jimmy had all the luck. It confounded Fitzi because Jimmy didn’t appear to be much of a man of God. He didn’t even […]

Lab-Grown Meat

Lab-Grown Meat

Lab-Grown Meat There’s an online petition to stop lab-grown meat from being served in schools. When I heard about it, I needed to know more. The petition lists reasons why serving lab-grown meat in schools is a bad idea. These reasons are kind of boring, so I scrolled down to where people have posted videos […]

Fingernails

Fingernails

Fingernails Sometimes, when I cross the line to Indiana, I stop at Howie’s truck stop diner for a pork tenderloin sandwich. See, I was born and raised in Indiana. Now I live just across the state line. But, because I’m a Hoosier by birth, when I go over to Indiana and pass by Howie’s, I […]

Author: mrobins71

Crumbling Facade
poetry

Crumbling Facade

Crumbling Facade strange thing is i’m as much an accomplice in the construction of other people’s crumbing destructive facades as … Continue reading Crumbling Facade

Don’t Imagine
poetry

Don’t Imagine

Don’t Imagine don’t imagine cause you had the same teachers and sang the same songs in kindergarten…… don’t imagine because … Continue reading Don’t Imagine

Guesses
poetry

Guesses

Guesses it’s okay to admit your convictions are little more than educated guesses it’s okay to admit that the path … Continue reading Guesses

Scurvy
stories

Scurvy

He said some people are smart and some people are dumb. I asked him, knowing the distinction, where did that … Continue reading Scurvy

A Good Reason to Hate
stories

A Good Reason to Hate

Horishima sat at the train station with a sign that said, “For sale 10¢” A man walked up to her. … Continue reading A Good Reason to Hate

Caricatures
poetry

Caricatures

Caricatures the obnoxiously affected effete and effeminate caricature of the intellectual asks rhetorically will you raise the fist or take … Continue reading Caricatures

Depth of the Crowd
poetry

Depth of the Crowd

Depth of the Crowd i’d grown mainly apathetic toward the crowd bearing no malice and indulging in it from time … Continue reading Depth of the Crowd

The Answer
poetry

The Answer

The Answer sure there were times and sometimes still are when ending it ending it all seemed like the best … Continue reading The Answer

New Gods & Heroes
poetry

New Gods & Heroes

New Gods & Heroes yeah everybody knows like nietzsche said god is dead and then he talked about his übermensch … Continue reading New Gods & Heroes

Essence of Love
poetry

Essence of Love

Essence of Love the essence of love is that i dislike you less than i dislike most others the essence … Continue reading Essence of Love

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